TRAIL RESIDENT SPENDS CHRISTMAS IN THE COLD AFTER RCMP RAID

TRAIL - A 52-year-old Trail man says he spent Christmas in the
cold and without his "medicine" because the RCMP raided his home and
shut off the power.

Pete Roglich and his wife Denise Roglich both have Health Canada
permits to grow, possess and use dried marijuana to help them treat
their Hepatitis C.

"I'm sick and getting sicker each week," says Roglich, adding the
Mounties seized 200 pot plants during the Dec. 19 raid.

The couple each received permission to grow 25 plants. Roglich says
officers told him his house would be confiscated as the proceeds of
crime and that he'd be charged with possession for the purpose of
trafficking.

RCMP Cpl. Martin D'Anjou says officers weren't aware that Roglich had
a licence to grow pot until they were in the house.